CAPERS 2012 Events

The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Pregnancy, Birth and the Early Postnatal Period

We are presenting the workshop again in 2012 in Maleny in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland on 16 March, and 27 April on the Gold Coast.

To register for the 2012 Workshops, click here.

Speakers are: Simone Keddy on Osteopathy and Pregnancy; Kathleen Murphy on Key Herbal Treatments, Sandra Venables on Aromatherapy and Homeopathy in Pregnancy; and Sarah George on Acupuncture and Pregnancy.

If you'd like to stay in the Maleny area, see this local tourism website.

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The registration fee is $195, which includes tea/coffee on arrival, morning and afternoon tea, lunch and some notes. This Early Bird fee applies only until 16 February for Maleny, and 27 March for the Gold Coast. After that time, the fee is $245.

Birth to Breastfeeding: Great Expectations and Opportunities

A one-day seminar with Dr Alison Barrett and Carol Bartle to be held in:

Cairns (1 March); Townsville (2 March); Maleny (3 March); Newcastle (5 March); Melbourne (6 March); Brisbane (31 May); Sydney (1 June); Canberra (2 June); Hobart (4 June); Adelaide (5 June) and Melbourne (6 June).

Alison Barrett BSc MD FACS(C) FRANZCOG has more than 20 years' experience in women's health. She has worked as a lactation and a specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist in Canada and New Zealand.

Carol Bartle RN RM IBCLC MHSc has a nursing, midwifery, education and lactation consultant background and more than 20 years' experience in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) work environment. Carol is the Coordinator of the Canterbury Breastfeeding Advocacy Service.

6.5 L CERPS allocated by IBLCE. Approval No. C21202. All CAPERS events are eligible for continuing education points, required for renewal of midwifery registration.

Download the program and offline registration flyer in a PDF here.

The program and further details on venues are also available when you click here, where you can also register online.

The registration fee is $195 if paid by 10 February for the March seminars, and 10 May for the May/June ones. After these dates, the standard fee of $245 applies.

You can register online here.

Managing Birth Variations and Complications: A Midwives Retreat with Rachel Reed

Rachel Reed is a lecturer at the University of the Sunshine Coast and a homebirth midwife. She is the author of the popular blog site, Midwife Thinking.

Designed as a residential retreat, this workshop will be held in Daylesford (24-25 March), Noosa Heads (19-20 May) and the Blue Mountains (1-2 September). One will also be held in Brisbane on 3-4 November.

Download the program PDF here. It includes an offline registration form.  Register online and view the program here.

The registration fee is $420 for the Early Bird Fee and the deadline for this is 30 days before any workshop. The standard fee then is $550. See here for inclusions. Full-day catering is included, but for those living in, there is also a welcome reception for the workshops at Daylesford, Noosa Heads and the Blue Mountains.

Join us for an exciting, fun-filled weekend, sharing midwifery knowledge, skills and tips.

New Workshops for Midwives with Sara Wickham

Decision-Making in Midwifery Practice and Creating Midwifery Knowledge to Enhance Practice.

Suitable for all midwives, from student and newly qualified midwives to very experienced practitioners.

Register online here. The Early Bird fee is $195 for 1 day, and $375 for 2 days. The deadlines are 1 April for the May workshops, and 1 August for the September ones. There is a $25 discount per day for student midwives not working as health professionals.

Sara Wickham RM PhD is Editor of Essentially MIDIRS and an independent midwifery lecturer and consultant.

See the program here, and more information on the speaker, and venues.